Fliers without a compliant ID will have to pay TSA $45 next year
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The Transportation Security Administration has announced that U.S. air travelers without a REAL ID or another compliant ID will face a $45 fee starting in February.

Air travelers in the U.S. without a REAL ID will be charged a $45 fee beginning in February, the Transportation Security Administration announced Monday.

The updated ID has been required since May, but passengers without it have so far been allowed to clear security with additional screening and a warning. The Department of Homeland Security says 94% of passengers are already compliant and that the new fee is intended to encourage travelers to obtain the ID.

REAL ID is a federally compliant state-issued license or identification card that meets enhanced requirements mandated in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
      1·
      4 hours ago

      The us is really stupid for many reasons. 50+ patchwork systems for stuff everyone needs, like ID, is one of them. Using a driver’s license for ID is another.

    • Steve Dice@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      5 hours ago

      Sounds stupid but honestly I’m down with it. I worked at a bank checking IDs and I’m sure more than once I wrongly suspended accounts due to fake IDs because the US can’t fucking get it together when it comes to what an ID even is.

    • VitoRobles@lemmy.todayEnglish
      6·
      9 hours ago

      The issue was that every state has different requirements for what’s on a driver’s license, photo ID, adult ID… Etc. this also includes Tribal Reservations.

      The real ID Concept was to at least provide some organization nation wide.

      I don’t have a problem with it because my state was already Real ID compliant since a decade ago. And if you got an ID, you’re good.

    • Joeffect@lemmy.world
      3·
      11 hours ago

      It’s an upgraded id/license… with more paper work attached like a passport but without the perks of one…

      Also you can have both an id and a driver’s license…

      A driver’s license can be used as an id…

      Make sense

      • VitoRobles@lemmy.todayEnglish
        3·
        9 hours ago

        I was drinking with a security guard who checks photo IDs before entering a club. And he was sharing all the crazy IDs he would get and have to understand. He’s even gotten in trouble a few times for not letting people because he didn’t believe their ID was valid, because the ID was “valid” where they came from.

        • Steve Dice@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          4 hours ago

          THIS. Fun fact: Arizona IDs don’t have (or didn’t use to have) expiration dates or just say something stupid like “EXPIRES 01/01/2075”. I can’t blame anyone who isn’t from Arizona for looking at an exp date 50 years in the future and believing it’s fake.